"Disciplining my own wife? Do you think I’m sick in the head like you?"
Si Junyan’s face instantly turned fouler than if he’d eaten shit.
He was furious. "Big Brother, Sister ng is here! What are you saying?"
Si Yuhuan, his handso face cold as ice, said, "Get out."
Si Junyan still wanted to say more, but Jiang Qing directly dragged him out.
"Sister ng, why are you pulling away?!"
Jiang Qing clenched her fists tightly, suppressing the anger in her heart. "Alright, give him so ti to think things through. Your making a scene won’t achieve anything. You’ll just make him angrier at you, and it’s not worth it."
"He has changed," Jiang Qing said, tears streaming down her face.
Si Junyan’s heart ached for her. "Sister ng, don’t worry. As long as I’m in the Si Family, I won’t let Jian Xi lord it over you."
Jiang Qing bit her back molars hard. "Of course."
You useless oaf! How could I ever count on you!
Once Si Junyan and Jiang Qing left, Si Yuhuan imdiately pressed the intercom, instructing Yan Qing, "Have Li Bin co over right now."
Li Bin arrived promptly. As he pushed open the door and saw Si Yuhuan’s dark expression, he couldn’t help but take a deep breath before handing over the docunts he was holding. "Director Si, these are the docunts CEO Jian gave before I ca. She asked to deliver them to you personally."
Si Yuhuan frowned slightly. "She knows all about it?"
Li Bin gave a bitter smile. "CEO Jian is very smart."
So things were self-evident.
"I sent you there to manage the company! She doesn’t understand anything! If she sses up Yaowang, which I worked so hard to acquire..."
Si Yuhuan looked at the docunts in disbelief. "She negotiated all these herself?"
It was sowhat incredible that Du Mingrui, the famous "goddess of otaku," after signing with New Fashion Entertainnt dia, had signed a low-cost yet high-output contract with Yaowang.
An endorsent fee of five million a year, and she still had to participate in comrcial events. If any issues arose, a twenty-fold penalty would apply. The hidden clauses were even more favorable to Yaowang; her legal background was evident.
In addition, Jian Xi had signed several new leading live-strears and celebrity endorsers at prices below the market rate.
Her keen sense of market trends was like that of an old fox.
"Keep reading," Li Bin urged. He was already thoroughly impressed by Jian Xi; she was fast becoming his idol.
As Si Yuhuan read to the end, he threw the docunts onto the floor. "Shaless!"
Yan Qing picked them up and glanced over them.
Jian Xi had leveraged Phoenix Night to transform Yaowang Group’s exhibition into a top-tier live-stread banquet, inviting famous dostic and international models for a runway show. She even nad the unprecedented event "Fashion Carnival Night."
It had been decided that every November 22nd would be "Fashion Carnival Night."
The event was a massive entertainnt sensation, making headlines both dostically and internationally, even topping front pages overseas.
The Yaowang brand was now thoroughly established.
"The Madam certainly knows how to leverage opportunities," Yan Qing secretly admired.
Si Yuhuan was fuming. "So, opportunism is considered a skill now, is it?"
"A company almost as renowned as Yaowang has been under Miss Jiang’s managent for half a year without any improvent. It’s barely staying afloat, relying on constant capital injections from Haohan Group. Isn’t the Madam impressive by comparison?" Yan Qing couldn’t help muttering.
Si Yuhuan shot him a deadly glare, and he imdiately shut up.
Li Bin couldn’t help but speak up for Jian Xi. "Actually, CEO Jian was indeed quite unfamiliar with many things at first. However, she was diligent and eager to learn, often working incredibly hard, much like you, Director Si. Truly, when a husband and wife are of one mind, their combined efforts can break tal."
"Get out!" Si Yuhuan’s voice was sharp and stern.
Li Bin and Yan Qing, heads bowed, scurried out.
Once outside, they exchanged a glance. Director Si had dominated the business world for many years; this was probably the first ti he’d been bested.
Amazing!
"Jian Xi! You’ve really got so nerve!" Si Yuhuan felt as if soone had lit a fire in his chest, his anger reaching its peak.
ACHOO—
Jian Xi lay on the sofa, wrapped in a blanket, sneezing.
Aunt Zhang stepped forward. "Miss Jian, are you cold because you wore too little at the banquet? Should I make you so ginger tea?"
"No need. Just plain water is fine," Jian Xi replied.
She was already experiencing morning sickness. Now, aside from sour and spicy things, she disliked anything with a strong flavor.
The younger maid glanced at Jian Xi and, seizing the opportunity while Aunt Zhang went to fetch water, sidled up to her. "Miss Jian, you barely ate anything tonight. Are you not feeling well?"
Jian Xi raised an eyebrow. "Don’t ask what you shouldn’t."
"Yes, yes, of course," the younger maid said. "I was just concerned about your well-being. I wondered if our food wasn’t to your taste. We can prepare sothing different tomorrow."
Jian Xi looked at her with a aningful smile.
Just as the younger maid was struggling under her gaze, she heard Jian Xi say, "Spicy diced chicken, fish in sour soup. The spicier and sourer, the better."
The younger maid nodded repeatedly, breaking into a nervous sweat as she retreated.
Soon, the news that Jian Xi liked sour and spicy foods reached Jiang Qing’s ears.
At that mont, Du Mingrui had dragged Jiang Qing out and was complaining about how outrageous Jian Xi was. Jian Xi kept scheduling comrcial appearances for her, and Du Mingrui felt like her legs were about to break from all the running around.
"This Jian Xi is clearly trying to suppress my developnt! If I’d known things in the dostic market were worse than abroad, I wouldn’t have co here just to spite Jian Chuxin!" she pounded the table, then looked at the preoccupied Jiang Qing. "So what if you embarrassed yourself at the banquet? In our line of work, who has it easy all the ti? You’re being too hard on yourself. It’s nothing..."
"Jian Chuxin is Jian Xi’s second older brother." Jiang Qing had only learned this after Phoenix Night.
She was so furious she could have spat blood.
Every ti she thought she was about to seize the spotlight and crush Jian Xi, Jian Xi would sohow find a benefactor.
Si Junyan had expended considerable effort to discover that Zhang Xuan had rely been acting in concert with Jian Chuxin, all to pave Jian Xi’s path to success.
This grudge, she had to repay!
Upon hearing this, Du Mingrui’s anger flared. "What? I actually signed with Jian Chuxin’s sister?"
She stood up abruptly. "I’m going to find Jian Xi and terminate the contract."
"Don’t be impulsive," Jiang Qing said, holding her wrist. "Have you forgotten the terms you agreed to when you joined New Fashion Entertainnt dia, which was rapidly gaining traction in the country?"
An astronomical penalty for breach of contract, a three-year ban on comrcial appearances and variety shows, and no public appearances...
That’s tantamount to being completely blacklisted and shelved!
"Foolish!" Du Mingrui slapped her forehead. "It’s all my fault."
She shouldn’t have tried to curry favor with Jiang Qing by deliberately antagonizing Jian Xi, only to be outmaneuvered by her. Now, being at Jian Xi’s rcy was unbearable.
Jiang Qing offered a tily suggestion, "Although you have to work for Jian Xi now, there are many ways to ’work.’ You have such a large and devoted fanbase. How you choose to manage things is up to you, isn’t it?"
Du Mingrui looked as if a lightbulb had gone on. "Do you have a good idea?"
Jiang Qing whispered in her ear.
After hearing it, Du Mingrui was shocked. "If I do that, I could go to jail!"
"Nonsense! What would it have to do with you? At most, you’d be considered to have been coerced! The real culprit would be Jian Xi! She’s the one who’s too impatient for success!"
"Alright, we’ll do it your way." A vicious glint flashed in Du Mingrui’s eyes.
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